Brewer endorses Romney

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer endorsed Mitt Romney on "Meet the Press," according to a tweet on the show's official acount.

As POLITICO's James Hohmann reported yesterday, Brewer had indicated she might endorse as soon as today in the GOP primary in her state - a contest that Romney is widely seen as favored to win.

"I think he's the man that can carry the day,” Brewer said, according to MSNBC. “I think Mitt is by far the person who can go in and win.”

The primary is just two days from now, and Brewer seemed likely to back the frontrunner, who she had declared won last week's Republican debate in Mesa.

Still, it's a boost to Romney, as he seeks to restore the sheen of inevitable frontrunner heading into Super Tuesday and a potentially long slog after that. Yet it's also an endorsement Democrats will use to bear down on Romney's hard-right tack on immigration and his support for the state's stringent laws - a move that even some Republicans fear could be problematic with Hispanic voters in a general election.